Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment is a pharmacological drug class in the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical taxonomy containing 21 drugs such as tetracycline, oxyquinoline, octenidine.

WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical · A01AB

Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment

Pharmacological class containing 21 drugs per the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical taxonomy.

Drugs in this class (21)

tetracyclineoxyquinolineoctenidinechlorhexidinedomiphentibezonium iodidechlortetracyclineclotrimazolepolynoxylindoxycyclinesodium perboratebenzoxonium chloridehexetidinehydrogen peroxidemetronidazolemiconazoleminocyclinenatamycinneomycinamphotericin Boxytetracycline

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What is the Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment drug class?
Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment is a pharmacological class in the WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical taxonomy, classification code A01AB. It groups 21 drugs that share a similar mechanism of action, chemical structure, or therapeutic use.
Which drugs are part of the Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment class?
Notable drugs in the Antiinfectives and antiseptics for local oral treatment class include tetracycline, oxyquinoline, octenidine, chlorhexidine, domiphen, and 16 more. The complete member list is shown above on this page; tap any drug name to see its full Indian-context information sheet.
What does WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical mean?
WHO Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical is one of the standard taxonomies used by the NIH National Library of Medicine to organise drugs. Different taxonomies group drugs by different criteria - some by chemical structure, some by what they do in the body, some by therapeutic intent. Together these classifications make medical research, prescribing and education more consistent across the world.
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